Menstrual irregularity in women with acromegaly

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2731-2735

  Kaltsas, G A ^a   Mukherjee, J J ^a   Jenkins, P J ^a   Satta, M A ^a   Islam, N ^a   Monson, J P ^a   Besser, G M ^a   Grossman, A B ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033320632     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.8.5858     Document Type: Article

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